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Rifleman ERNEST EDGAR MEDCRAFT

Service Number: S/14375
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. D. 28.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Charles and Elisabeth Jane Medcraft, of London.
  • Personal Inscription RIGHT NOBLY DID HE DIE UNSELFISH TO THE END
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Buried or commemorated at

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1181
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